Self-Deception : India's China Policies; Origins, Premises, Lessons

Language: English
Pages: 400

About The Book

What were the premises that led Pandit Nehru to ignore all warnings, suppress all evidence and mislead himself vis-a-vis China? How did Chou En-lai fool him?

Are our policies today any different? Are China's moves and motives vis-a-vis India any different? How does China look at us?

Till just thirty years ago, China and India were at par. How wide is the chasm that has developed since? What does it portend for the future?

Has a reaction set in to China's aggressiveness? What must we do to put it to work?

Vital questions. An unnerving account by ARUN SHOURIE, one of the leading voices in our public life and discourse.

Contents


1

Bal chhutkyo bandhan padey ...

1

2

Wish as policy

24

3

'We may have deceived ourselves

38

4

The policy is set

59

5

Anxieties are brushed aside

78

6

A satisfying tutorial

108

7

Carried away

118

8

'Two miles this side or two miles that side'

143

9

'You didn't even know we were building a road ... '

170

10

Prelude

207

11

'These are not excuses, but merely facts'

243

12

The avalanche

260

13

A roundabout thesis